After Pump Battle stops in London, Berlin, Riva del Garda, Willingen and Arnhem it was time for the big finale, the Pump Battle Worlds. Time to crown the first ever Pump Battle World Champions. Over 80 BMX and MTB riders made their way to the Netherlands for the Pump Battle Worlds, 70 men and 10 girls. During the head 2 head finals, at midnight inside the club, there was only room for 16 men and 4 girls. On the world longest modular pumptrack ever built (over 250meters) riders battled to make the cut for the head to head finals.

QUALIFYING:
All riders had 2 chances to set their best time. After all chains were removed, it was time to get behind the Pro BMX Gate and give it their best shot. At the end it was Crankworx Les Gets Pumptrack winner, Chaney Guennet from France who was fastest, in front of Olympic BMX racer Twan van Gendt and Swiss DH rider Noel Niederberger. Laura Brethauer from Germany clocked the fastest time in the women category, in front of Geraldine Fink from CH and Junior BMX World Champion Ruby Huisman.

HEAD 2 HEAD FINALS

At midnight is was time for the big head 2 head battles, who would be crowned as the first ever Pump Battle World Champions. On the worlds smallest possible modular Pumptrack riders went head 2 head. Two riders dropping in at the same time, only one rider getting out… The rider who catches up the other rider qualifies for the next round, or if a rider gets of course he/she is disqualified.

Girls finals
Big favorite for the win was Laura Brethauer, but a mistake in Semi finale against Geraldine Fink forced her to take part in the small finale. Here she took the bronze. The big finale was a crazy one, after 20 laps BMX Junior World Champion Ruby Huisman took her 2nd title of the year leaving Geraldine Fink with the Silver. Congrats!

Mens finals
Big surprise of the evening was local 15 year old ripper, Tristan Botterham. He took out Crankworx Pumptrack champion Chaney Guest. In the other semi finale Noel Niederberger was up against another local, Mirko Hendriksen, who earlier that night took out BMX champ Twan van Gendt and former 4X World Champion Joost Wichman. But Noel kept it cool and qualified for the big finale, where he was up against Tristan. After the gate dropped it looked like Tristan would take the gold, but Noel re-grouped and started pushing.. at the end it was Noel who looked like to have the better endurance and was crowned as the first ever Pump Battle World Champion.

“PUMP BATTLE announces the 2016 World Series tour schedule, including the first ever Pump Battle World Championships.

In 2016 the PB World Series will visit well known venues worldwide, such as the BIKE Festivals in Riva del Garda (ITA) & Willingen (GER), Rocket Air Festival (CH), Berliner Fahrradschau and The Papendal Bike Event (NL). We will finish the season in Utrecht (NL), with the PB World Championships.

PUMP BATTLE WORLD SERIES
The PB World Series is an international tour of pump track races. This unique discipline brings all traditional bike disciplines, such as BMX (Race & Dirt) & MTB (XC, Dirtjump, DH & 4X) together.

The PB World Series sanctions events in 2 different categories:
PB World Series – Time Trial events
PB World Series – Dual Pump events

All these PB World Series events are qualifiers for the 2016 PB World Championships.

PB World Series – Time Trial events
By competing at a Time Trial event, you’re time will be registered and you will be placed in the online “Time Trial world ranking”, which can be found at www.pumpbattle.com.

All the Time Trial events use the same modular pump track lay-out (see attachment 1) and the same Mobii timing system. In this way, riders will be able to compare their times with everyone from around the globe who has ever competed at one of the PB World Series – Time Trial events.

PB World Series – Dual Pump events
Dual Pump events are head to head pump track events. By competing at a Dual Pump event, you will earn points for the Dual Pump world ranking. At the end of the season the PB Dual Pump World Series winner will be crowned.

How to qualify for the PB World Championships?
There are 2 ways to qualify for the PB World Championships:
PB World Series – Time Trial events:
The 32 fastest riders of the online Time Trial World ranking, at the 31st of September, qualify for the PB World Championships.
PB World Series – Dual Pump events:
The top 2 riders (men 16+ & Women category) of every single Dual Pump event qualify for the PB World Championships.

We hope to see you at one of our PB World Series events.
If you are interested to host a Pump Battle event in your area, please contact us to discuss the possibilities or check our website www.pumpbattle.com.”